the influence of comparative literature on the position of translated children’s literature in iran’s literary polysystem

Although having access to other nations’ literary works is facile nowadays, thecurrent utopian era was postponed for a very long time. the advent ofcomparative literature was a solid foundation that provided access to othernations’ literary works. besides comparative literature, translation was animperative tool in transferring one nation’s literary works to another and had agreat role in the development of one specific culture as well as its literary works.children’s literature, conceived as a neglected field in literary polysytem, mightdemand grave attention. former scholars believe that iran’s children's literatureundergoes harsh negligence. consequently, the translated children’s literaturemight also be placed in the peripheral position. in this respect, this essay’s initialaim is to explore the place of translated children’s literature in iran’s literarypolysytem from may 8th onward. the date designates the time of the usa’swithdrawal from iran’s nuclear deal which bore severe political sanctions on iranwhich overshadowed iran’s international communications conspicuously.likewise, on the basis of the position of translated children literature in iran’sliterary system, the impact of comparative literature on the place of the translatedchildren’s literature was also examined. to this end, evan zohar's polysytemtheory was utilized as the theoretical framework. the findings demonstrate thattranslated children’s literature in iran’s literary polysytem resides in the centralposition so that it is welcomed in iran. hence, not only innovation increase to alarge extent but also children could get familiar with other nations’ culturalvalues.